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safety, socioeconomic and 

environmental justice issues. The final 

range of issues to be addressed in the 

environmental review will be 

determined, in part, from scoping 

comments received. The preliminary 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

and environmental issues in this notice 

is not meant to be exhaustive or final. 

Public Participation 

TVA is interested in an open process 

and wants input from the community. 

The public is invited to submit 

comments on the scope of this EIS no 

later than the date identified in the 

‘‘Dates’’ section of this notice. Federal, 

state and local agencies and Native 

American Tribes are also invited to 

provide comments. 

After consideration of comments 

received during the scoping period, 

TVA will develop and distribute a 

scoping document that will summarize 

public and agency comments that were 

received and identify the schedule for 

completing the EIS process. Following 

analysis of the issues, TVA will prepare 

a draft EIS for public review and 

comment. In making its final decision, 

TVA will consider the analyses in this 

EIS and substantive comments that it 

receives. A final decision on proceeding 

with the management and final disposal 

of CCR and closure of the surface 

impoundments will depend on a 

number of factors. These include results 

of the EIS, requirements of the CCR 

Rule, relevant state law requirements, 

engineering and risk evaluations, and 

financial considerations. 

TVA anticipates holding a community 

meeting near ALF after releasing the 

Draft EIS. Meeting details will be posted 

on TVA’s website. TVA expects to 

release the Draft EIS in the Fall of 2019. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

M. Susan Smelley, 

Director, Environmental Compliance and 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2018–25914 Filed 11–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation: Notice of Availability 

and Request for Comment on the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for Issuing 

SpaceX a Launch License for an InFlight Dragon Abort Test, Kennedy 

Space Center, Brevard County, Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations, and FAA 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of and 

requesting comment on the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for Issuing 

SpaceX a Launch License for an In-flight 

Dragon Abort Test, Kennedy Space 

Center, Brevard County, Florida (Draft 

EA). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

mailed to Daniel Czelusniak, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20591. Comments may 

also be submitted by email to 

SpaceXDragonAbortEA@icf.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; phone (202) 267–5924; email 

SpaceXDragonAbortEA@icf.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is evaluating SpaceX’s proposal to 

conduct a one-time in-flight Dragon 

abort test at Kennedy Space Center’s 

Launch Complex 39A, which would 

require the FAA to issue a launch 

license. Issuing a launch license is 

considered a Federal action subject to 

environmental review under NEPA. 

Under the Proposed Action, the FAA 

would issue a license to SpaceX, which 

would authorize SpaceX to conduct the 

abort test using a Falcon 9 launch 

vehicle and a Dragon-2 (i.e., SpaceX’s 

crew version of Dragon). Dragon-2 was 

developed with the intent to carry 

astronauts. The proposed abort test is 

part of SpaceX’s commercial crew 

certification process with the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA). The abort test is scheduled to 

occur in 2019. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include the Proposed Action and the No 

Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the FAA would not 

issue a license to SpaceX to conduct the 

abort test, and therefore SpaceX would 

not conduct the abort test. 

The Draft EA evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts from the 

Proposed Action and No Action 

Alternative on visual effects (including 

light emissions); coastal resources; air 

quality; climate; noise and noisecompatible land use; biological 

resources; water resources (surface 

waters); hazardous materials, solid 

waste, and pollution prevention; and 

historical, architectural, archeological, 

and cultural resources. Potential 

cumulative impacts are also addressed 

in the Draft EA. 

The FAA has posted the Draft EA on 

the FAA Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation website: https://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ast/ 

environmental/nepa_docs/review/ 

launch/. 

The FAA encourages all interested 

parties to provide comments concerning 

the scope and content of the Draft EA. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask the FAA in your comment 

to withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, the 

FAA cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

15, 2018. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–26075 Filed 11–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice Rescinding Eight Notices of 

Intent To Prepare Environmental 

Impact Statements 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that FRA is 

rescinding the Notices of Intent (NOI) 

for the following Environmental Impact 

Statements (EIS): The Pennsylvania 

Maglev Proposal; the Tupelo Railroad 

Relocation Planning and Environmental 

Study; the Tier 2 EIS for the Chicago to 

Joliet High-Speed Rail (HSR) Project; the 

Tier 2 EIS for the HSR Project between 

Granite City, IL to St. Louis, MO HSR 

Project; EIS for the ACEforward 

Program; EIS for the Milwaukee, WI to 

Minneapolis, MN Rail Corridor; 7) the 

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(LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Project; and 8) 

the Chicago to Detroit/Pontiac Corridor 

Investment Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information please contact 

Michael Johnsen, Supervisory 

Environmental Protection Specialist, at 

the Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 202– 

493–0845; or email: Michael.Johnsen@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA has 

identified several projects that, for 

various reasons, are no longer advancing 

through FRA environmental review and 

has therefore determined it is 

appropriate to rescind the applicable 

NOI to prepare an EIS. The following 

NOIs are being rescinded: 

• Pennsylvania Maglev Proposal: FRA 

published the NOI on July 19, 2001. The 

purpose of the EIS was to further 

explore the feasibility of a magnetic 

levitation train system linking 

Pittsburgh International Airport to 

Pittsburgh and its eastern suburbs in 

Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. 

However, the project sponsor has since 

decided not to pursue a maglev project 

in this corridor. 

• Relocation or Reconstruction of Rail 

Lines in Tupelo, MS: FRA published the 

NOI on June 29, 2006 to study the 

potential relocation or reconstruction of 

rail lines in the Tupelo, MS central 

business district. However, the project 

sponsor has not advanced the 

environmental review and has not 

identified current or foreseeable funding 

for the project. 

• Chicago to Joliet High-Speed Rail 

(HSR) Project: FRA published the NOI 

on February 18, 2014 to study potential 

HSR service along the Rock Island 

District Railroad corridor between 

Chicago and Joliet, IL. The project 

sponsor has informed FRA that it does 

not intend to pursue the environmental 

review for the project at this time. 

• HSR Project between Granite City, 

Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri: FRA 

published this NOI on February 18, 

2014 to study the increase of rail 

capacity associated with the Mississippi 

River crossings in the Granite City to St. 

Louis Tier 2 EIS. However, the project 

sponsor has informed FRA that it does 

not intend to pursue the environmental 

review for the project at this time. 

• ACEforward Program: FRA 

published the NOI on September 18, 

2013. The purpose of the EIS was to 

study the expansion of existing rail 

service between Stockton and San Jose, 

CA and extension of new rail service to 

Modesto and Merced, CA. However, the 

project sponsor has determined that the 

orginial scope for the ACEforward EIS is 

no longer consistent with regional 

planning efforts for improved rail 

service throughout the corridor. 

• Milwaukee, WI to Minneapolis, MN 

Rail Corridor: FRA published a revised 

NOI on May 24, 2013. The purpose of 

the EIS is to evaluate ways to improve 

passenger rail service from the Twin 

Cities, MN to Milwaukee, WI. The 

project sponsor has informed FRA that 

it does not wish to pursue the 

environmental review for the project at 

this time. 

• LOSSAN Rail Corridor Project: FRA 

published the NOI for this project on 

January 1, 2011. The purpose of the EIS 

was to study ways to improve passenger 

rail service from Los Angeles through 

San Louis Obispo. The NOI is being 

rescinded as the service options on this 

corridor have been reevaluated in the 

updated California State Rail Plan. 

• Chicago to Detroit/Pontiac Corridor 

Investment Program: FRA published the 

NOI on August 31, 2012. The purpose 

of the EIS was to study potential service 

options and corresponding 

infrastructure improvements between 

Chicago, IL, and Pontiac, MI. The 

project sponsor and FRA have agreed to 

rescind the NOI, however the associated 

alternatives analysis and service 

development plan may be used for 

further environmental reviews, where 

necessary. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Jamie Rennert, 

Office Director, Office of Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 2018–25993 Filed 11–29–18; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0013; Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision that Nonconforming Model 

Year 2015 Bentley Continental 

Passenger Cars Are Eligible for 

Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that certain 

model year (MY) 2015 Bentley 

Continental passenger cars (PCs) that 

were not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) 

are eligible for importation into the 

United States because they are 

substantially similar to vehicles that 

were originally manufactured for sale in 

the United States and were certified by 

their manufacturer as complying with 

the safety standards (the U.S.-certified 

version of the MY 2015 Bentley 

Continental PCs) and are capable of 

being readily altered to conform to the 

standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is December 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and must be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Federal 

Holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(202) 493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language, and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that comments you have 

submitted by mail were received, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard with the comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

All comments, background 

documentation, and supporting 

materials submitted to the docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 

also be viewed on the internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 


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